He explained that a Will Dodge Way and Strategic Planning discussion will be on an upcoming
agenda soon.

III. Continued discussion of City Administrator recruitment

Human Resources Director, Tina Gray gave a Staff report. She explained the City has received
proposals from 5 recruitment firms.

She explained that once the Firm is on board Ashland will do onsite visits to build a profile for
City Administrator. Once the profile is complete there will be a brochure. Staff suggests using Springsted Waters for the City Administrator recruitment.

Council discussed:

Recruitment timeline.

Creating a sub-committee.

Interview panels.

Recruitment cost.

Using a firm verses in-house.

Councilor Rosenthal thanked Human Resources. He questioned why hire a firm instead of
in-house recruitment. Ms. Gray answered that the outreach piece is the issue and that an outsourced recruiter could deal with this better than in-house.

Immediately following the study session Council will hold an executive session for real property transaction, pursuant to ORS 190.660(2)(e)

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